Here’s a pro tip: Don’t rely on rap music for articulate breakdowns on the social implications of black womanhood, or for an affirmation of it. Black women exist in rap music for conquest and consumption…

With more and more black businesses popping up online, it’s easier than every to buy black. And while black-owned haircare and cosmetics companies tend to get a lot of attention, there is a growing number…

Tyrese is making the news for becoming a fountain of raggedy wisdom for black women following his February 14 wedding to his “black queen” (his words, not mine) Samantha Schwalenberg. His posts went viral, with…

Black lives matter. So do black memories, black communities and black day-to-day life. Perhaps an implicit sense of this motivated 11-year-old Laura Fitzpatrick to keep a detailed photo diary of her life in 1930s and…

Mardi Gras has come and gone, but a rather peculiar image has sparked social media backlash after St. Patrick’s Day. A seemingly all-white “Irish Zulu” Krewe in New Orleans took to the streets, usurping the…